On Friday night, 16 November the Aguilas Cibaenas gave the Leones del Escogido a beating, 9-2, with Miguel Tejada providing four runs batted in all by himself. Together with Hector Luna, Chris Coghlan, Manny Ramirez and Oscar Taveras, the excellent pitching of Miguel Batista, T.J. Pena (ERA of 0.00!) and Luis Vizcaino shut down the Leones’ attack. In Santo Domingo, the Estrellas Orientales continued their winning streak, defeating the Tigres del Licey 3-2, in the Estadio Tetelo Vargas in San Pedro de Macoris. The victory keeps the “Elephants” in first place in the standings. Left fielder Dan Robertson got a clutch, two-out, hit in the bottom of the ninth to seal the Estrellas fifth straight victory. In another tight game, the Toros del Este took a victory from the Gigantes del Cibao, 7-6, in the Julian Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macoris. Charlie Blackmon and Eugenio Velez were two of the stars for the Toros who were able to hold off the Gigantes who fell short in the ninth.
On Saturday, the Estrellas Orientales managed to extend their winning streak to six games when they defeated the Aguilas Cibaenas, 4-3, in the Estadio Cibao. With the game tied and the bases loaded in the eighth inning, pitcher Luis Perdomo hit batter Edward Rogers to bring in the winning run. The cold bats of the Aguilas left 13 men on base. The win puts the Estrellas two games ahead of the Aguilas. In La Romana, the Toros defeated the Tigres del Licey by a score of 6-4 in the Francisco Micheli Stadium. Ricardo Nanita led the attack with four hits and two RBIs. In Santo Domingo, the Leones del Escogido pulled out a game over the Gigantes del Cibao 4-3, with a run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Sunday’s only game, between the Tigres del Licey and the Aguilas Cibaenas was rained out.
Standings
TEAM
WINS-LOSSES
AVG
GAMES BEHIND
ESTRELLAS
18 – 9
.667
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AGUILAS
15 – 10
.600
2.0
TOROS
15 – 11
.577
2.5
GIGANTES
11 – 14
.440
6.0
ESCOGIDO
10 – 17
.370
8.0
LICEY
8 – 16
.333
8.5
Tonight’s schedule
* Tetelo Vargas Stadium, San Pedro de Macoris, 8pm. – Gigantes (J. de Paula) vs. Estrellas (S. Pimentel)
* Francisco Micheli Stadium, La Romana, at 7:30pm – Licey (D. Salazar) vs. Toros (E. Villanueva)